Drivers with 16 speed-camera tickets in a year could be forced to install speed limiters under new Council bill

New York City is moving to put speed limiters in the cars of its worst repeat speeders, and in more of its own. A bill introduced at Thursday's City Council stated meeting would set the rules for using the state's new "Stop Super Speeders" law, the same day the Mamdani administration said it would triple the number of city-owned vehicles fitted with speed-limiting technology, Streetsblog reported.

Who would have to install a limiter

The state law passed earlier this year lets the city order an owner to install an intelligent speed assistance, or ISA, device when one of their vehicles racks up 16 or more speed-camera violations in a 12-month period. The devices use the posted speed limit to keep a car from going faster, with a manual override for when it is needed.

The new bill, listed as T2026-2709 and led by Council Member Kayla Santosuosso with co-sponsors including Council Members Lincoln Restler, Shahana Hanif and Crystal Hudson, would have one or more agencies picked by the mayor run a demonstration program, according to the bill text and summary. Under it:

• Owners would have to install and maintain a device in every vehicle they own for 12 months, or longer in some cases.
• Owners who don't comply could face penalties or the suspension or revocation of their registration.
• Data from the devices could not be used for other purposes and would have to be destroyed when the installation period ends.
• The administering agency would have to report on how the program worked.

Streetsblog noted that many practical details, including where drivers get the devices, who installs them and how drivers can appeal, are meant to be settled by the bill. It is on the agenda of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for Oct. 27.

More limiters in the city fleet

The city's own fleet already uses the technology. The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, which oversees about 30,000 city vehicles, reached 1,000 cars with ISA in June, and all new fleet cars come with it. The administration now says it will retrofit 2,000 more, bringing the total to 3,000 by June 2029, Streetsblog reported. Streetsblog noted the technology was shown in 2024 to cut speeding by 64%.

"We are tripling our investment in technology that helps prevent speeding," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement. The plan also includes 100 pedestrian alerts on city school buses and alerts on all 4,000 large city-owned trucks by the end of June 2029.